Basic Needs
Ecosystems
Earth's Systems Interactions
Water Source
Matter Cycles
100
What are animals that consume other animals?
Carnivores
100
Are snakes predators, prey, or both?
Both - predator of mice, prey of hawk
100
What is a feature on the surface of Earth such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean, or river?
Landform
100
What is the major difference between fresh water and the ocean?
Salt
100
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
200
What are animals that consume plants?
Herbivores
200
What is an organism?
a single self-contained living thing
200
What percentage of the Earth is water?
71% or close
300
What are organisms that consume plants and animals?
Omnivores
300
What changes matter that is not food (air, water, decomposed materials in soil) to food?
Plants
300
What are the four Earth systems?
biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere
300
Where is most of Earth's fresh water located?
Underground or in glaciers
300
What happens to the air composition in a closed system?
Remains the same
400
What is the movement of matter between organisms during consumption?
Food web
400
What do arrows in a food chain represent?
Flow of energy
400
What two Earth systems are interacting by exchanging water through evaporation and precipitation?
Hydrosphere and atmosphere
400
What forms does water take?
solid - ice liquid gas/vapor
400
What are the two ways oxygen is obtained in the oxygen cycle?
Breathing and transpiration
500
What do decomposers do?
Breakdown plant and animal remains to recycle some materials back into the soil
500
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and non living things and all their interactions in a certain area
500
What in the atmosphere interact with landforms to determine patterns of weather?
Wind and clouds
500
In what direction does water flow to get to the ocean?
Downhill
500
What are the four components of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and transpiration
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